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Patented Sept. Z5, i923.

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FRIEDRICH S. GALLAGHER, F 'YONEERS, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO RODGER BALLAST CAB C0., 0F CEICAGG, ELLINOIS, A CGRPORATION 0F MAINE.

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application inea october s, ieee. serial no. 592,501.

I. To all 'whom t may concern.'

Be it known that l, FREDERICK S. GAL-- LAGHER, a citizen of the United States residing at Yonkers, in the'county of Vllest` chester and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Car Constructions, of which the following is a specification.. y

The present invention relates to car con lo struction. I

More particularly the present invention relates to improvements in the type of car known as the Hart convertible car, various embodiments of which car are shown and w described in United States Letters Patent vto Hart, Meisner and Neikirk, No. 827 632,

July 31, 1906, and the United States ters Patent to J. O. Neikirk, No. 1,233,5 9t 5, July 17, 1917. Thisv type of car is convertible from a fiat car type to a hopper car type, or vice versa, doors being provided in the bottom of the car which are adapted to occupy horizontal positions to form part of the flat bottom of the car to constitute a 2t flat car, and which in another alternative position Vform slopin sides to constitute part of the hopper o a hopper car. Said doors, which are hinged longitudinally of the car, extend only a portion of the length When the car is being used as a flat bottom car, the car ends thereoitl are located at the ends of the car. When the car is being used as a hopper car, however9 the end .walls vmay be move inwardly to the ends of said doors to close the ends of the hopper, and when said car ends are smooth on their inner sides as has been customary hitherto, a substantially closed `hopper is provided. Y lf, however, as is sometimes desired, the car is used with the Hoor doors turned up against the sides so as to form a hopper and with the ends in positiongat the end of the car, an open space will be left at the ends of the floor doors so that if the car is loaded the material will accumulate under the floor doors along the door sections-beneath these doors. Y

An object of the present invention is, therefore, to provide a means for closing this opening so as to prevent the accumulation of material at these points. A further object of the invention `is to rovide for the use of corrugated metal endl; in

cars of this type and especially to provide a means for preventing the lodging of mate- \rial between the corrugated metal ends and the ends of the hopper doors.

Further objects will appear as the description roceeds.

Re erring to the drawings- Figure is a transverse sectional view ot a convertible railway car illustrating the present invention; `Figure 2 is a fragmentary view illustrating theend portion of a railway car, said view bein taken on a central section of the car and illustrating the principles of the present invention;

Figure 3 is a fragmentary view illustrata detail of construction;

'Figure 4.1s a sectional view taken alon a plane indicated by line 4-4 of Figure 3; Figure 5 is a fragmentary view in section taken along the plane indicated by line 5 5 of Figure '3;

Figure 6 is a plan view of the same type of car as that illustrated in Figures 1 and 2, .illustrating the closure for the hopper end wih the car end in its outermost position; an

Figure 7 -is a fragmentary view taken along a transverse section of va car embodying the construction shown in Figure 6.

Numerals 10-10 represent the sides of a railway car, while the numerals 11--11 lindicate bottom walls. The numeral 12 indicates a iixed'inclined side of a hopper and the numeral 12" indicates a swinging side which is hinged along a longitudinal axis and which may be controlled in any preerred way for closing said hopper or for permitting the dumping of the material in said hopper. Hinged about the axes 13-13 are the doors 14-14 which are co-extensive in'length with door 12. One of said doors 14 is shown in horizontal position in Figure 1 and the other of'said doors 14 is shown in inclined position.

Both doors lll- 14 will occupy their horizontal positions when the car is to be used ,35a flat bottom car and will occupy their inclined positions when the car is to be used as a hopper car. lin the latter mentioned position the doors form sloping sides of the hopper, whereby the hopper is self-cleaning. Though only one door 12 and two doors 14-14 are referred to herein, it will be un" indicates' the car end, which may be corrugated in contour. Said car ends, according to well known practice, is movable rela-tive to the rest of the car, said end being ada ted to be mounted either at the end of t e" car, or in a position at the ends of the doors 14--14.

In Fi re 2 the car end 15 is illustrated in full lmes at the ends of the doors 14s-14 and is illustrated in dotted lines in its position at the end of the car, which latter position is used when the car is being used as a coal car.

In carrying out my invention, I provide a car as shown in Flgures 6 and 7 with a gusset plate 18 which is of triangular formation as clearly shown in Figure 7. These gusset plates may be secured to the side and floor of the car or to frame members thereof in any manner, such as by riveting, and are adapted to cover the o Aning at the ends of the hopper doors 14 w en the latter are moved to their angular positions. Consequently none of the lading can find its Way into the space beneath the doors 14. The plates also serve as brace members, strengthening the sides of the car.

As mentioned above, it is sometimes desirable to employ metal car ends plrovided with corrugations. These are usua y horizontal corruo'ations, as illustrated in the drawings. '`hese corrugations, however, when the end is moved to its inner position to form the end of the hopper, leaves spaces between the ends of the hopper doors and the car ends through which material composing the lading may sift. In order to prevent this, I have provided the ends 15 with an auxiliary plate 16, as illustrated in Figures 1 to 5 inclusive. This auxiliary plate 16 is corrugated to conformpto the corrugations of the end 15 and is rovided with a flange 17 adapted to `under ie the door 14. The corrugated ortion of the plate 16 being fitted into t e corrugations of the end 15 and secured thereto in such a manner that the flange 17 extends downwardly and inwardly from the end 15, it will be seen that the flange 17 of the plate 16 constitutes a shelf upon which the doors may rest when in their angular positions. Conse uently the car when in the form shown in qFi re 2 is provided with a completely closed glipper so that no escape of the lading w1ll occur between the car ends and the ends o f the doors 14.

The illustrated embodiments of the present invention have been shown merely for the purpose of describing the invention.

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Many modificatioiis will occur to those skilled in the art. It is intended in this patent to cover all modifications that fall within the scope of the invention as defined vb the appended claims.

I claim: I

1. A railway car comlprising means providing a hopper, doors lnged along lngi- A tudinal axes in certaln positions to cove-r said hopper or in other positions to form slopin walls for' said hopper, corrugated car en members adapted to be mounted in a plurality of positions longitudinally of said car, said car members in certain of said positions being adapted to close said hopper, and

said car being provided with'means for closing the space beneath said doors when said doors are in said other positions.

2. A railway car comprisin means prowith means for underlying said doors when.

said doors are in inclined position and preventing the escape of dumpable material between the ends of said doors and said end wall members. v

3. A railway car comprising doors hinged along longitudinal `axes, said doors being adapted to assume horizontal positions or inclined positions, said doors terminating Short o adapted to be mounted at the ends of Said car or at the ends of said doors, said end walls being corrugated and being provided with auxiliary members adapted to provide shelves for said doors when said doors are in inclined positions, and adapted to close the spaces between the ends of said doors and said end walls.

4. A railway car comprising doors hinged along longitudinal axes, said doors beinp` adapted to assume horizontal positions or inclined positions, said doors terminating short of the ends of said car, end walls adapted to be mounted at the ends of said car or at the ends of said'doors, said end walls being corrugated and being provided with auxiliary members adapted to provide shelves for said doors whensaid doors are in inclined positions, said auxiliary members being corrugated to conform to the corrugations of said end walls toprevent the escape of dumpable material between said doors and said end walls.

5. A railway car comprising doors hinged along longitudinal axes, said doors being ada ted to assumehorizontal positions or inclined positions, said doors terminating the ends of said car, end walls los incasso short of the ends of said car, corrugated end walls for said car adapted to be mounted at the endsof said car or at the ends of said doors, said lcar being rovided with shelf means upon which sai doors are adapted to lie when in inclined positions, said shelf means providing stop means to revent the escape of dumpable material om above said doors to the space beneath said doors.

6. A railway car comprising doors hinged along longitudinal axes, said doors being` adapted to assume horizontal positions or inclined positions, said doors terminating short of the ends of said car, corrugated end walls for said car adapted to be mounted at the ends of said car or at the ends of said` an intermediate portion,` said lntermediate portion being provided with longitudinally extending. doors adapted to be turned up to an inclined ition against'the sides of the car, and a p ate secured to the car structure at the ends of the doors and covering the opening between the said doors, the car sides and the car Hoor.

, 8. A car of the class described having a iioor comprising stationary end portions and an intermediate portion provided with doors adapted to be turned upwardly to an inclined position against the car sides, a corrugated metal end'of the car, said end being movable from a position at the end of .the car to a position at the end ofthe said doors, a plate attached to said end and extending downwardly and inwardly from the side edge of said end, said plate being corrugated to correspond with the corrugations of the end and having a fianged portion bridging the space between the car end and the doors.

9. A car of the class described having an intermediate ioor portion comprising doors adapted to be turned upwardly to an inclined position against the car sides, a plate secured to the car structure at the ends of said doors closing the opening between the said doors, the car door and the car sides, and a corrugated metal car end movable in position from the end of the car to the ends of the doors, a anged plate attached to said car end bridging the space between the said end and the ends of the doors.

Sjgned at New York, New York, this 25th day of Sept., 1922.

FREDERICK s. GALLAGHER. 

